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The centrist Blue Dog Democrats are warning their party against forgoing a budget resolution for 2021, citing fiscal concerns.
“Failure to pass an annual budget is a failure of one of our most basic responsibilities,” the group’s fiscal co-chairmen, Reps. Ben McAdams (D-Utah) and Ed CaseEdward (Ed) CaseMORE (D-Hawaii), said in a joint statement.
“We cannot begin to bring down our national debt or have serious conversations about our spending priorities if we can’t even pass a budget,” they added.
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House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth

Last summer, Democrats and Republicans agreed to a spending caps deal covering both 2020 and 2021, obviating one of the main functions of the budget resolution.
But Yarmuth said Democrats may still present their own budget if they feel the need to respond to President Trump

Trump’s budget proposals to date have all called for major cuts in nondefense spending and significant increases in military spending.